new ?ork SLaLe's candldaLes for Lhe leglslaLure ln 2012 ralsed 76Ʒ of Lhelr money (Lhrough Lhe
flnal preŴelecLlon dlsclosure reporLs) from donors who gave Lhem $1ţ000 or moreţ and from
lnLeresL groupsŦ Cnly 8Ʒ came from donors who gave $2S0 or lessŦ 1he balance beLween Lhe
sLaLe's small versus large donors was almosL Lhe same ln 2012 as ln 2010 and 2008Ŧ

1he above Lable shows Lhe Cll esLlmaLe under each of Lhe four scenarlosŦ lf no new donors are
broughL lnLo Lhe sysLemţ Lhe cosL would be $2S mllllon Ŵ $30 mllllon per yearŦ 1hls would
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average Lo $1Ŧ29 Ŵ $1ŦS3 per person per yearŦ WlLh new donorsţ Lhe cosL would be $33 mllllon
Lo $41 mllllon per yearŦ under Lhese more expenslve scenarlosţ Lhereforeţ Lhe average cosL for
each of new ?ork's 19ŦS mllllon resldenLs would be beLween $1Ŧ69 and $2Ŧ12 per yearţ wlLh Lhe
hlgher flgure lncludlng generously opLlmlsLlc assumpLlons for boLh of Lhe key varlablesŦ

nCW 1nL CANDIDA1LS WCULD IAkL

under Lhe SllverŴSampson blllţ candldaLes would lose some of Lhelr currenL money from blg
donors because Lhe conLrlbuLlon llmlLs would be lowerŦ 1hey would also galn money from Lhe
new publlc maLchlng fundsŦ lncumbenLs who are asked Lo voLe for such a program obvlously
would wanL Lo know wheLher comblnlng Lhe Lwo provlslons would leave Lhem wlLh less money
and Lherefore less able Lo compeLeŦ As Lhe followlng summary Lable lndlcaLesţ almosL all
Assembly candldaLes would have ended up ahead wlLh publlc fundlng and lower conLrlbuLlon
llmlLsŦ So would mosL SenaLe candldaLesţ buL Lhe number would have been senslLlve Lo Lhe blll's
speclflc provlslonsŦ

1he SllverŴSampson blll would have lmposed $2ţ000 conLrlbuLlon llmlLs on any candldaLe for any
sLaLe offlce unless LhaL candldaLe was challenged ln a prlmary as well as runnlng ln Lhe general
elecLlonŦ lor candldaLes faclng a prlmary challenge and Lhen runnlng ln Lhe general Lhe
conLrlbuLlon llmlL would have been $2ţ000 per elecLlon or $4ţ000 comblnedŦ 1he blll also would
have lmposed a llmlL on Lhe maxlmum amounL of funds a candldaLe could recelveŦ 1haL llmlL
was $1S0ţ000 per elecLlon for Lhe Assembly (or $300ţ000 comblned for boLh elecLlons) and
$3S0ţ000 for Lhe SenaLe (or $700ţ000 comblned)Ŧ